The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Gajjar, T. M. A.
Gajjar, T. M. A., B.Sc. C.F.C.S., &c., b. at Surat, 1862; first class honours in Science; first came to public notice by successfully removing pitch from the Victoria statue at Bombay, and won a prize of Rs. 2000, 1897; joined Baroda service and started Kalabhavan (Technical school) there, on the Zurich Charlottenburg model; put the dyeing industry in India on a scientific basis; supplied trained students for working dyeing factories in Bombay and Madura; has experimented largely in oils and has been instrumental in opening oil mills at Ahmedabad, Broach, Surat, and other places; joined Wilson College, Bombay, as Professor of Chemistry; is a pioneer of Chemical and Technical industries in Western India; Address: Bombay, India.